Sorry, Jamie, but even by “businessman” standards—if they still exist—you’re a whore, and a pretty goddamn big one too. Here’s Jamie talking to CNBC about the state of the world, after meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Ukrainian spelling as per Wikipedia): But, you know, my heart goes out to the guy. I mean, people…
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Jamie Dimon, last seen talking out of both sides of his mouth
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., is widely assumed to be a very smart man, as well as a very rich one. BloombergPolitics catches up with Jamie on his way back from a trip abroad to Israel, Ireland and France and reports the following: “It’s almost an embarrassment being an American traveling around…
Jamie Dimon, seriously in need of a third hand*
“Paul Volcker by his own admission has said he doesn’t understand capital markets. He has proven that to me,” famously sneered JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon earlier this year, irritated by Volcker and his “Volcker Rule” that claims that banks should not be allowed unlimited scope in engaging in “risk management.” Well, that was, you…
“Hundreds of rules,” “inconsistent,” “uncoordinated,” still allow JPMorgan to haul in $19,000,000,000
Felix Salmon (actually, Ben Walsh) highlights the woes of JPMorgan, and outlined by Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, moaning in his letter to the company’s shareholders about the iniquities of Dodd-Frank, inflicted on Wall Street by those ham-handed rubes down in DC. Still, the “record” $19 billion the firm hauled in in 2011 was up…